Printing and slitting roller



M y 24, 32 A. E. F. MOQNE 1,860,041

PRINTING AND SLITTING ROLLER Original Filed May 6. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I :1 i; 1 4 21 g 27 67w anti/T F. M00722 May 24, 1932. I A. E. F. MOONE 1,860,047

PRINTING AND SLITTING ROLLER Original Filed May 6, 1930 2' Sheets-Sheet 2 H Zia/72107 6246arzilflfflfoowe Patented May-24,- 1932 Annnnrnlr. r/roonE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINoIs,=AssIeNon To ai in *LEnoncoivrrANY, 0F

' CHICAGO, inrirnorsgn CORBORATlONDF rIiLrNoIs 131mm Ann summer. ROLLER 7 i Application riled ma a, ieaajser ai No, 459,211. nenew noveii ber 2, 1931.,"

' This invention relates, to the manufacture of prepared roofing and has for its principal "object to provide a cornbinedprintingand slitting roller of simpler construction greater adaptability than those 1n use.

Furtherand other objects and advantages will become apparent as thedisclosure proceeds and the description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in Whichf 1 Fig. 1 indicates diagrammatically the improved roller as installed in a printingand slitting machine;

Fig. 2. is a longitudinal View of my improved roller, partly in elevation and partly insection; i

, Fig.8 is a detail of a portion of the center section of the roller showing the means for holding the printing bars and knife;

Fig. 4 is a similar view except that it shows 7 the knife wedged against the opposite side of the slot;

Fig. 5 is a developed viewof theprinting and slitting roller; and.

Fig. 6 indicates a roofing strip after having passed under the printing and slitting.

roller. I

With reference to Fig. 2, 10; indicates a shaft journ'aled in boxes 11, 12 of a printing and slitting machine. Fixed upon the shaft are flanges 13, 14, 15, 16- and 17 which may be of cast iron or other suitable substance. The disks 13, 14., 16 and 17 are slightly smaller in diameter than the disk 15. The disk;- is provided with shoulders 18 and 19'at either end, onto which cylindrical pieces of pipe121, 22 are seated. The periphery of the disks 18,

1 16 and 17 bears'upon the innersurfaceof the pipe and forms a s upport and centering means therefor. l

The pipe sections carryupon their face a series of bars 23 applied in the configuration which the pattern to be printed demands.

These bars are held on the pipe by screws 24:, r J W t mg; against the inclined'lsurfac'e 28.

as shown in Fig. 5, or. by'any other suitable.

though not essential, thatthe pipe between: i j l I out we sie" the printing bars 23 should be dicated in Figs; 2 and 5. i

Thei'roller' pe cally indie-dad is} at..- i p .bleof Producingroofingillustratedin Fi 7 V V 7 It will be noticed th t this roofing isjp H vided with a series of tabs 25., 25;. Consequently, slnce the disk 15 bears thejslitting knife,its width must bejsomewhat wider than s the ofi'sets demandedto produce the" tabs '6 is preferably, but (not necessarilyyof i wall, 27, perpendicular to the axis of the-disk,

While the Cother wall '28 forms a wedging angle to the axis. The slitting knifel297is" held in position by the split'prin-ting block 31 Which'clamps both sides ,of the blade.

As indicated on Fig. 6, adouble width ceii;

tral border is printed on what will become a margin of thesheet when split fand, there" fore, theblock 31 is an actual printing block at the same time that it-is a knife holder. Its upper surface'32 deposits color uponj'the roofing strip. The'knifeandlprinting block assembly (29, 31) is held in position by 'wedg'e members 33, 34 (Fig 3)iand 35,36 30 These members are 'held 'inthe' (Fig'fie). 7 channel 26 by screws '37, or by other suitable means. The configuration of the wedging' E e'mand'ed members 33,34, 35, and 36 is that bythe design to be printed;

M By reference-to F gs. 3 'and 5,1it will 'be seen that thewedgemember 34forinsin eifect 'a spacing abutment fora second smaller] wedge 33 which bears agaiiist theprintin'g I bar knife'holder assembly; but that intheoo case of the ,Wedging member 35,-- the sides thereof are horizontal and: the 'wedging" action holding the knife iholder assemblyin place :is secured by the sma-lLwed'ge 36 work cated in Fig. l jj The roofingleavingthe.

looper 41 'is" rim between the fprinting aIid fact that the roller dipping into the tank of g V A V p g slitting "ro11er'43 and a pressur ol I Y coloring compound will splash. and stir'the The rollersmaybe gearedtogether;as shown, I j

for claims drawn to the which causes the roofing to be fed' into the rollers, and if such is the case,-the pressure vroller may be driven by the motor pinion 46.

After printing and slitting, the roofing is wound up on the packaging roll 45.

Throughout the specification and claims the term slit-ting has been used in its generic sense, and is meant to include either a cutting operation which merely scores the roofing material. or a cutting operation which actually severs theroll into two or more strips. i i

The illustration of a specific-form of the invention and the correspondingly specific de scription are for the 'purpose'of disclosure only, for it is realized that the invention may :be embodied in'various" forms within the scope of the appended claims.

Reference is made to a copending applica tion, filed August 6, 1928, Serial No. 297,880 I broader aspects of this invention.

What I claim, therefore, is

L In a printing and slitting roller,in com binatioman axle, a central cylindrical section mounted thereon provided with acircumferential channel, printing andslitting members maintained in the channel, extension end members comprising hollow cylindrical sections bearing zig-zag printing bars upon their surface, and spacer members mounted on the axle for mamtainlng and supporting the extension members in pos1-,-

tlon. V V

, 2. In a printingand slitting roller, a shaft, radial fla g d upon the shaft, a pair of hollow cylindrical extensions fixed to the flange and extending in opposite directions sions, a flange fixed on the shaft and supporting the outer end of each extension, and a knife; carried bythe central flange conformingin configuration to the broken annulus formed by one print bar. a V 4. In a printing and slitting roller, a shaft.

a radial flange fixed upon the shaft,.a pair of V cylindrical extensions fixed to the flange and extending in opposite directions therefrom along theshaft, print barscomprising broken circumferential bands attached to the extena plurality of radial flanges fixed upon the I shaft, one of the flanges being substantially centrally positioned and bearing a circumferential slitting knife fixed about its periphery, hollow cylindrical extension members fitting over the remainder of the flanges and maintained in concentric relation to the shaft thereby, and zig-zag printing bars fixed to "the surface of the extension members.

' *6. In a printing and slitting roller, a shaft,

a plurality ofiradialflanges fixed upon, the

shaft, one of the flanges being substantially centrally positioned and bearing a circumferential slitting knife fixed about its periphery, hollow cylindrical extension members fittingover the remainder of the flanges and maintainedin concentric relation to the shaft thereby, and printing bars in part parallel to the vertical face of the flanges and in part at angles thereto,fixed to the surface of'theextension members.-

7. In a printing'and slitting roller, a shaft,

a radial flange fixed upon the shaft, a pair of hollow cylindrical extensions fixed to the flange and extending in opposite directions 7 therefrom, printing bars comprisingibroken circumferential bands attached to the extensions, a pair of end flanges fixed to the shaft supportingthe extremities of the extensions, intermediate spacing members also mounted on the'shaft adapted to center and support the intermediate portions ofthe extensions, and a slitting knife encircling the first named radial flange.

8., In a device of the class'described, a cylindrical roller having its peripheryrperforated to form a network of interconnecting strips, a plurality of radial flanges mounted on the shaft adapted to support the net work,

and center it with respect to the shaft, print- 1 ing bars 1nounted on the net work of strips, and a slltting knife encircling the midportion of the roller.

9. In a device of the class'described, a cy- 1 lindrical roller, a slitting knife encircling the mid-section of the roller, printing bars running parallel to and adjacent the slitting? knife,and a plurality of other printingbars mounted on'the periphery of the cylinder on opposite sides of the cutting knife, arranged to forma network of circumferential bands adapted to impressagiven design on'thematerial passing over the roll. I V

- In testimony whereof I affix my. signature.

ALBERT E. F. MOONE.

sions, openings cut in the extensions between the print bars, and a pair of radial flanges ad jacent each end of the shaft supporting the outer end of the extensions.

15. In a prlnting an'dslitting roller,a shaft, 1 

